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Considering the less-than-ideal practice conditions the Harvard squad has dealt with, the loss was not such a bitter pill to swallow...

Author: By John C. Ausiello, | Title: Men's Lacrosse Loses Opener to Army | 3/22/1993 | See Source »

...tones suggests the '70s, as do the male lead's fixations on meditation and macrobiotics. The sexual precocity of the female lead's 12-year-old daughter feels contemporary. Yet the sonorous music and often sentimental lyrics seem straight from the '50s. This mishmash makes it harder to swallow the contrived meet-cute start and melodramatic career twists of the plot...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Mishmash Of a Musical | 3/15/1993 | See Source »

Well, The Crimson found this lard idea a little hard to swallow, and my mom suggested that maybe when I came home for Thanksgiving she'd invite our neighbor, the psychiatrist, over for dinner. I got the hint, so I gave up on the idea...

Author: By Jon A. Bresman, | Title: The Collective Editorial of Rice | 2/20/1993 | See Source »

...deny the recovery. Oh well. Par for the course. You know, the people swallow those big whopper lies real easy. They catch you and put you through hell on the little half-truths...

Author: By Jacques E.C. Hymans, | Title: White House Pillow Talk | 2/19/1993 | See Source »

...like an open mouth." Peck's language renders, "My face felt swollen and shapeless, like a moldy orange, as though grief had been shoved into my mouth like a handful of seeds, but I didn't know what to do, whether to spit, or just swallow...

Author: By David S. Kurnick, | Title: Brutal Facts, Beautiful Fiction | 2/4/1993 | See Source »

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